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High in the Himalayas, an ancient scroll holds unimaginable power ...

... A power that could prevent the apocalypse itself.

Maxwell Barnes thought finding the Origin Scroll would bring him academic recognition. Instead, it brought him face to face with forces beyond his comprehension. When their plane is shot down by a mysterious sniper, Max and...

A gunshot in the dead of night. A web of deception. Loyalties tested to the breaking point.

A shocking attempt on the life of Shelby Alexander’s best friend and partner, Mack, leaves the retired detective fighting for his life in a coma. Shelby races to uncover the identity of the shooter, as a twisted web of secrets and lies begins to unravel,...

Shelby Alexander is at a crossroads. Is he ready to hang it up and retire for real...or does he have another season left?

The decision may not be completely up to him.

When a horrifying tragedy strikes Serenity, Shelby feels the old call to action stirring deep inside. His loved ones worry he’s too far past his prime, but he is more and more...

Maxwell Barnes is an archeologist and the son of an archeologist. He and his companion, friend, and brother since youth, Axel Morales, have been treasure hunting for their benefactor Myron Crabtree, in the jungles of Guatemala.

This area, not coincidentally, is also rumored to be the location of the last great city of the Maya, the legendary...

When the stakes are this high, betrayal always lurks...

Maxwell Barnes is on a high-stakes scavenger hunt with no end in sight. The initial discovery of the long-lost Crystal of Ahrum has spiderwebbed into a much more complex adventure, threatening his relationships, worldview...and even his life.

Having dropped off the first crystal fragment to...

The fate of the world hangs in the balance as Maxwell Barnes and his friends embark on a thrilling journey to uncover the final shard of the powerful Crystal of Ahrum.

From the award-winning, bestselling author of the Shelby Alexander series, now comes the epic Maxwell Barnes series, archaeological adventure thrillers with a paranormal twist.

The...

Back when humanity was young, many dangerous secrets lay undiscovered.

Later, these secrets were written down by an old Himalayan scribe, anointed for this very purpose.

His work became known as The Origin Scroll.

From the award-winning, bestselling author of the Shelby Alexander series comes the epic Maxwell Barnes Adventure Thrillers.

When Maxwell...

Returning to his roots in northern Michigan, ex-boxer and retired fixer Shelby Alexander hopes for a peaceful life. But the shadows of his past have other plans.

Shelby’s journey is anything but quiet in this gripping four-book series. One reviewer calls it “a relentless roller coaster of drama, secrets, twists, and betrayals, culminating in a...

“A roller coaster ride, filled with drama, innuendoes, twists and turns, secrets, and betrayal, and a bombshell ending that will leave you spinning.”

Shelby Alexander is an aging ex-boxer and retired fixer who moves back to the small town of his youth to settle down. He’d like to spend his golden years fishing the waters of Michigan. But you don...

Strange events at a Gold Rush-era mine ...

Two inquisitive kids ...

What could go wrong?

When professional skeptic and YouTuber Jason Baxter and his 12-year-old twins, Eric and Abbie, travel to Skagway, Alaska to investigate reports of paranormal activity at the legendary Death Trap Mine, they quickly find themselves caught in the middle of a local...

Dive into an epic adventure with The Mayan Trilogy!

From the award-winning, bestselling author of the Shelby Alexander series comes the Maxwell Barnes series—archaeological adventure thrillers with a paranormal twist. Now available as a complete boxset, this trilogy takes you on an exhilarating journey through ancient mysteries, deadly secrets,...

More than 160,000 readers have been thrilled by the Shelby Alexander adventures. Continue the thrills with Serenity Stalked, book two in the series!

Hart is “one of today’s master thriller writers. ” - San Francisco Review of Books.

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Shelby Alexander is an aging ex-boxer and retired fixer who moves back to the small town of his...

When private investigator Simon Wolfe is hired to follow his friend’s wife under suspicion of adultery, he could never have guessed it would lead him into a friendship with the world’s leading writer, Ernest Hemingway. Nor could he have predicted the strange and disturbing twists the investigation would take.

The case accelerates quickly when the...

When paranormal investigator Jason Baxter and his twin children visit the eerie Ravensbeak Manor, they expect to debunk a few ghost stories. Instead, they stumble upon a decades-old secret that hits shockingly close to home.

Twelve-year-old twins Abbie and Eric Baxter are used to helping their dad investigate spooky places, but something about...

A cold-blooded killer has blazed a trail of dead bodies across the country, with no one to stand in his way...until he starts killing on Shelby Alexander’s home turf: the small Michigan town of Serenity.

A killer with a trail of dead bodies has come to Serenity, seeking to slake his thirst for death. As the first unspeakable murder shocks the...

A ruthless crime boss…a mansion with a chilling secret…a young man faced with the biggest decision of his life.

When his daughter goes into premature labor, Shelby Alexander leaves his northern hideaway for downstate. No sooner does he drive into town, than things go sour. His ex-wife, Helen, faces deadly consequences after hard times force her...

A mysterious woman knocks on Shelby’s door. A secret lies submerged at the bottom of a lake. And someone close to Shelby is going to die.

A woman claiming to be an FBI agent appears on Shelby’s doorstep and hands him a picture, asking if he recognizes the man in the photo. Shelby is shocked to see the face of a good friend staring back at him.

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When Shelby Alexander’s daughter, Leslie, fails to show up at his cabin for a planned visit to northern Michigan, he’s concerned, but convinces himself she’s running late. When her car is found abandoned by the side of the road, he fears the worst. When her cellphone appears on his porch, he knows something terrible has happened--and that he’s...

After the Governor of Michigan begins receiving threats from a militant environmental group, he calls in extra security.

The problem? He fears there might be a traitor on his security detail.

The solution? Call in an independent contractor.

The man for the job? An ex-boxer and semi-retired fixer named Shelby Alexander.

But who can be trusted? As it...

“I’m your son.”
These are the words that turned Shelby’s world upside down.

It’s been five years since Shelby’s last adventure.
He’s finally followed through on his original goal when he first moved back to his boyhood town of Serenity, Michigan. Namely, to settle down and enjoy life.

But did he decide too late? His health is suffering. His social...

A new and nameless enemy.
Terrifying and unexplained phenomena.

Something evil is living in Serenity, and it wants Shelby Alexander dead.

When a movie crew comes to Serenity to shoot a horror flick, the director hires Shelby to provide security, after several unexplained occurrences on set. As Shelby and his partner Mack dig deeper into the...

Key West. Hemingway. Murder.

When private investigator Simon Wolfe is hired to follow his friend’s wife under suspicion of adultery, he could never have guessed it would lead him into a friendship with the world’s leading writer, Ernest Hemingway. Nor could he have predicted the strange and disturbing twists the investigation would take.

The case...

When adventurer Maxwell Barnes and his team uncover clues about a lost gold mine in Mexico’s Sonoran desert, they think they’ve struck fortune’s motherlode. But after a treacherous tumble down a rocky hillside, they discover something far more valuable buried beneath: something with unimaginable power.

Teaming up with the cunning and ruthless...

If you woke up with a gun in your face, what would you do? In “Loose Ends,” a wise-cracking PI is thrust into the center of a deadly—and highly personal—case.

“Loose Ends” features Simon Wolfe, private investigator who also stars in the full-length book Night at Key West.

Sometimes death runs in the family...

Steve wants to leave his old life behind, the life of killing and waiting to be killed. But when it’s the family business, it can be a hard habit to break.

8 powerful, bone-chilling, speed-of-light thrillers that will leave you begging for more.

Fans of James Patterson, Harlan Coben, John Grisham, David Baldacci, Lydia Davis and Stephen King will love this collection of exclusive short stories that will be sure to leave you breathless.

The short story is back with a vengeance! Murder, mystery,...